Andy Murray beats Ferrero to reach Wimbledon semifinal

Murray reaches 1st Wimbledon semifinal

British No1 Andy Murray brushed aside Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero to become the first Briton since Tim Henman in 2002 to reach the Wimbledon semifinals. Despite a nervy start, Murray took just 1 hour, 45 minutes to defeat Ferrero in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.

Following his epic five set, third round thriller, Murray badly needed a quick and uncomplicated victory to set up his semi final showdown with American Andy Roddick, who himself was pushed all the way by Australian Leyton Hewitt.

Murray has an impressive record against Roddick, winning six of their 8 meetings but isn’t complacent about the task ahead; “Obviously Roddick is one of the best servers in the game, so I will need to return really well”, he said.

The last Briton to claim the Mens Wimbledon singles title was Fred Perry in 1936 and victory against Roddick on Friday will see Murray progess into the final where he will face either Federer or Tommy Haas.

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